Nobody really inspired me to want them...Most of the bands I like aren't ESP endorsees. I will say, however, that when I was in my teens, I saw the Hetfield black diamond plate EXP and thought it was the most amazing guitar I had ever seen. From then, it was catalog after catalog of ESP covetousness. I have never been able to afford a bona fide ESP, so I've sated my thirst with modding out LTD's.